People.
It’s interesting how you just really like some people, you just don’t like other people, and other people give you a weird feeling right from the get-go.
I have that situation with some of my students this year. There are a couple of women I really like and would like to be better friends with (one of them invited me to come over to her house, and have dinner with her and her husband this weekend). I’ve really liked them, right from the start. I have another student, though, who the moment I saw her, I thought, “Uh-oh.” There was something about her that reminded me of Psycho-Student, who was in one of my public speaking classes at IU. This girl, like PS, really seemed to eager to get into my life, and after I gave the students my phone number, she kept calling me until I told her to stop (politely). After my leg was hurt, she was really helpful to me, but still, I always felt uncomfortable with the situation, like I had to keep on my guard. One day she sent me a phone message, which she complained I didn’t return, although I actually did. I haven’t heard from her since then, and she’s not as dominating in class as she once was. I’m hoping that there will be no weirdness in the future, because she’ll have to be in my class all year long.